Basel's port economy forging ahead 
The Swiss association for shipping and port management (SVS) recently held its 119th general assembly in Basel. President Christoph Brutschin pointed out in his address that in addition to dealing with current economic challenges on the international and national level, the... more
Batteries for Valencia?
After a visit at the Port of Valencia, Alfons Westgeest, general manager of Eurobat, a European lobby of multinational electric battery companies, said that the Spanish port is not only "the fourth port in Europe in container traffic", but that "it has the... more
Moving more than 9,000 containers on one ship
"ONE Trust", a vessel in the fleet of The Ocean Network Express, recently docked at Southampton after sailing from Pusan in South Korea. The DP World team in the British port exchanged some 9,315 containers, including 5,824 discharges, 3,473 loads and 18 re-stows,... more
K Line Chile – 50 years of experience
The 50th anniversary ceremony, including a traditional sake barrel breaking ceremony, of the company K Line Chile brought together 150 people in Santiago de Chile, among which were His Excellency the Ambassador of Japan to Chile, Kazuhisa Shibuya, and Chilean governmental... more
Crossing the Rhine 
A special project currently links the banks of the river Rhine near Basel, between Grenzach (Germany) and Birsfelden (Switzerland). This is where Birsterminal is dismantling and transferring a hall covering a total area of approximately 19,000 m2, originally used by Roche, to... more
RWI/ISL: a pessimistic outlook
The container throughput index of the RWI (Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics) rose to 122.4 points in February 2023, offsetting the low value of the previous month (117.2 points). The institute notes, however, that... more
Accelleron: good FY/2022 and plans for the future
Accelleron is looking back on a positive first financial year as an independent company: the Swiss supplier of turbochargers for heavy-duty applications, which was spun off from ABB, ended 2022 with sales of USD 780.5 million and grew by 3.2%. Despite the difficult... more
More capacity between France and Caribbean
During the visit of a delegation to Guadeloupe, French Guyana, and Martinique on 20 - 24 March 2023, Dunkerque-Port and its deputy director general Daniel Deschodt were able to meet numerous players in the Antilles’ transport sector. As a major provider of transport... more
EUR 1 billion for Maasvlakte II
The partnership's been inked. The port of Rotterdam and APM Terminals have agreed on an investment of more than EUR 1 billion. The joint project is to extend the Maasvlakte II container terminal, covering a site of approximately 475,000 sqm, with 1,000 m of deepsea quays. ... more
First yard in Bangladesh certified by NYK
The Japanese Group NYK (Nippon Yusen Kaisha) has certified PHP Ship Recycling Facility as the first yard in Bangladesh for complying with NYK’s standards for ship-recycling measures pertaining to the environment, safety, occupational health, and respect for human rights. The... more